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the people do not want to go back to a taliban environment. they were on the fence for a while because they were not sure how this would turn out. but as local governance continues to gain traction, as economic opportunity becomes more widespread throughout afghanistan, what you find is the people, the people who might have accepted the taliban at some point in the past, see that there now is a future that could be different than the taliban darkness, a future that could be in fact an afghanistan that is aligned with the west, an afghanistan that is aligned with the united states. and they see the improvement in the quality of their lives. >> rose: general allen for the hour next. he is in washington for meetings at the pentagon and congressional testimony. allen was questioned about the current u.s. mission in afghanistan and the impending draw-down in testimony before congress. >> the campaign has been long will no longer be terrorized by the taliban. second, as a coalition, the largest in recent history, we are well along in our progress to
the people do not want to go back to a taliban environment. they were on the fence for a while because they were not sure how this would turn out. but as local governance continues to gain traction, as economic opportunity becomes more widespread throughout afghanistan, what you find is the people, the people who might have accepted the taliban at some point in the past, see that there now is a future that could be different than the taliban darkness, a future that could be in fact an...
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so i think what we had was an unprecedented environment. i like to call it the parable of the boiling frog. you throw the frog in the boiling pot of water, they hop out. but if you keep the frog in the boiling pot of water, it boils to death. women jumped out of the pot of boil water was the level of attack was so significant, so long, so unmitigated, they said enough is enough. >> women are not monolithic, because if you see in certain states where mitt romney lost, you have rep women who did win. so i think because of the negative primaries and because of akin and mourdock stating illegitimate rape, women wanted obama in but had to split the vote to keep republicans in the house. >> look at mccaskill's race. >> she won because she went against the first one who said women can't get pregnant if they're raped legitimately. >> i want to get to the part which evangelicals are a big chunk of the republican block. what happened to them and particularly evangelical women this time? >> again, i think there was always the question of religion and
so i think what we had was an unprecedented environment. i like to call it the parable of the boiling frog. you throw the frog in the boiling pot of water, they hop out. but if you keep the frog in the boiling pot of water, it boils to death. women jumped out of the pot of boil water was the level of attack was so significant, so long, so unmitigated, they said enough is enough. >> women are not monolithic, because if you see in certain states where mitt romney lost, you have rep women...
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so the chinese has discovered in their environment that different kind of energy. some are good energy, which make you improve your health, improve your relationship with people and also improve your money. and there are negative energy which will do the opposite. >> mr. lo views himself as a scientist who, with the right tools, can actually measure good and bad energy. >> of course this is an instrument we need. this is a compass, and those characters and numbers are actually the formula which the feng shui master, they have invented. so basically this is an instrument we use to measure the direction of the building and then based on the direction and based on the time the building was built, we can establish where is the good energy and where is the bad energy. >> nury vittachi's columns are known for their humor and irony, and he finds plenty of both among the power structures of downtown hong kong. >> so you'd think this would be the most rational, number-focused place on earth, but in fact, feng shui rules even here. as the building was being put up and finish
so the chinese has discovered in their environment that different kind of energy. some are good energy, which make you improve your health, improve your relationship with people and also improve your money. and there are negative energy which will do the opposite. >> mr. lo views himself as a scientist who, with the right tools, can actually measure good and bad energy. >> of course this is an instrument we need. this is a compass, and those characters and numbers are actually the...
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and it will be back to the 1990s environment. remember during the clinton administration we did occasionally send rockets into afghanistan and it will be an unhappy situation for the afghans and for the region and for the rest of us. >> can we make a deal with the taliban? >> rose: and? >> imagine if you're the taliban right now. you know america's on the way up. they're just going to run the clock out. what conceivable... >> rose: how about make a deal and do something later rather than go into a civil war? >> give the americans a fig leaf to get out. absolutely. so i think the danger here is either... is a kind of sham agreement that allows us to retreat. >> rose: jere? >> the taliban... the united states worked with the taliban in the 1990s. we invited the taliban to use on the, unocal did. this began as a war against al qaeda. this has morphed into a war against the taliban. i do think we can work with the taliban and the big elephant here-- this is a cliche-- in the room is that the pakistanis did not create haqqani and omar
and it will be back to the 1990s environment. remember during the clinton administration we did occasionally send rockets into afghanistan and it will be an unhappy situation for the afghans and for the region and for the rest of us. >> can we make a deal with the taliban? >> rose: and? >> imagine if you're the taliban right now. you know america's on the way up. they're just going to run the clock out. what conceivable... >> rose: how about make a deal and do something...
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dickenson on the environment. our occupy wall street coverage has been incredible. i could not have gotten this story published almost anywhere else but "rolling stone." that is the truth. if a public it somewhere else, they would have very good stuff, the material people really needed to read. it is a testimony to jann wenner, the publisher, and my editors, to take this risk. when the flak comes, and invariably it does when you write about powerful institutions, they do not throw me in front of the bus. tavis: they did not cover this up. thankfully, there is more in the book "the operators." it is written by michael hastings. good to have you on the program. thanks for your time. >> honored to be here. tavis: that is our show for tonight. see you next week. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.or.g tavis: join me next time for a conversation with michael mann on his new series, "luck." >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard,
dickenson on the environment. our occupy wall street coverage has been incredible. i could not have gotten this story published almost anywhere else but "rolling stone." that is the truth. if a public it somewhere else, they would have very good stuff, the material people really needed to read. it is a testimony to jann wenner, the publisher, and my editors, to take this risk. when the flak comes, and invariably it does when you write about powerful institutions, they do not throw me...
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these con ten genesis we face around the world that have been identified particularly in the post 9/11 environment as being things that are essential to our fascial security, because failed states give off terrorism and instability. so we have told ourselves we have to be concerned about them. we can't stand by the side lines as we say. but now after ten years, where we have seen the limits of a model we once had, we had this supposed nation building stability operations model that was going to allow us to go into situations, resolve them, bring them to a higher level of stability. now we have seen the limits argued with the failures of some aspects of that model. and we are basically left without a new model. so we confront still these problems and we are going in an ad hoc way from one to the next, which is unsurprising given the nature of the challenge, trying to figure out what our goals are, what our interests are and what instruments we can bring to bear and i think dr. zbigniew brzezinski highlights a critical question which is one thing we need to develop in developing a new concept, if yo
these con ten genesis we face around the world that have been identified particularly in the post 9/11 environment as being things that are essential to our fascial security, because failed states give off terrorism and instability. so we have told ourselves we have to be concerned about them. we can't stand by the side lines as we say. but now after ten years, where we have seen the limits of a model we once had, we had this supposed nation building stability operations model that was going to...
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we would like to provide the environment for the people of syria so their representative cans sit down together and we can help them to bring back their souls and their lives, normal lives, real lives and how the people c become able to choose the leadership and this is going to take some effort and some time. if we have good will and good intentions and we agree on the principles and the regime agrees to the will of the international community. when they meet this is not going to be impossible after that. >> rose: back to egypt many people have wondered what it would be like when you see a government in which the muslim brotherhood had won politically. what it would be like to have islamist governments in power in egypt. what should they expect? >> people in egypt made their choice, chose their way: freedom real democratic change, the stable political construction of the-- a country. the independence of the executive and legal branch and administrative branch. we are now working together on the constitution that will be presented to the people in the reference dumb if the people appro
we would like to provide the environment for the people of syria so their representative cans sit down together and we can help them to bring back their souls and their lives, normal lives, real lives and how the people c become able to choose the leadership and this is going to take some effort and some time. if we have good will and good intentions and we agree on the principles and the regime agrees to the will of the international community. when they meet this is not going to be impossible...
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it now early, then i think we -- the capacity of the afghan government to function in that reduced environment where nato troops really come out i think will be, you know, highly -- i am highly skeptical it can work. >> to administration's credit when we came to them and said, look, we are thinking about this effort, would it be useful to you? they basically said, look, we have been focused on the security, our political strategy is underdeveloped we would welcome what you are doing and they have -- they have given us time and they have heard the recommendations of our group. so i don' i don't want you to tk that this was sort of something imposed on the administration,. >> rose: i remind you there are books being written today that suggest that richard holbrook, the principal proponent of a more political solution was not heard within the counsel of this administration. >> well, there was clearly tension between the white house and the ambassador holbrook, i think at the end of the day. >> rose: between the president and ambassador holbrook. >> you know -- you hear stories. i have my way of t
it now early, then i think we -- the capacity of the afghan government to function in that reduced environment where nato troops really come out i think will be, you know, highly -- i am highly skeptical it can work. >> to administration's credit when we came to them and said, look, we are thinking about this effort, would it be useful to you? they basically said, look, we have been focused on the security, our political strategy is underdeveloped we would welcome what you are doing and...
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it now early, then i think we -- the capacity of the afghan government to function in that reduced environment where nato troops really come out i think will be, you know, highly -- i am highly skeptical it can work. >> to administration's credit when we came to them and said, look, we are thinking about this effort, would it be useful to you? they basically said, look, we have been focused on the security, our political strategy is underdeveloped we would welcome what you are doing and they have -- they have given us time and they have heard the recommendations of our group. so i don' i don't want you to tk that this was sort of something imposed on the administration,. >> rose: i remind you there are books being written today that suggest that richard holbrook, the principal proponent of a more political solution was not heard within the counsel of this administration. >> well, there was clearly tension between the white house and the ambassador holbrook, i think at the end of the day. >> rose: between the president and ambassador holbrook. >> you know -- you hear stories. i have my way of t
it now early, then i think we -- the capacity of the afghan government to function in that reduced environment where nato troops really come out i think will be, you know, highly -- i am highly skeptical it can work. >> to administration's credit when we came to them and said, look, we are thinking about this effort, would it be useful to you? they basically said, look, we have been focused on the security, our political strategy is underdeveloped we would welcome what you are doing and...
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rather than going alone, we intend to work with ministries of the environment, foreign affairs, and trade. >> reporter: this man is the president of a water treatment facility maker in osaka. his company's award-winning equipment for pumping out ground water is used around the world. he is a regular exhibiter at events organized by the international water association, and he has used this prestigious status to boost his sales around the world. now, though, the south korean companies look like becoming formidable rivals. >> translator: south korea has done in three years what it took us ten years to do in japan. they've caught up with us. >> reporter: he is keen to promote the advanced technology produced in japan. he wants to persuade the iwa to open a branch in japan. he is the only executive of a japanese company invited to the reception for the trade fair. he takes this opportunity to pitch his idea for the iwa branch in japan. >> translator: it would be much easier if the japanese government were involved rather than me doing the talking. but actually the government would rather cut s
rather than going alone, we intend to work with ministries of the environment, foreign affairs, and trade. >> reporter: this man is the president of a water treatment facility maker in osaka. his company's award-winning equipment for pumping out ground water is used around the world. he is a regular exhibiter at events organized by the international water association, and he has used this prestigious status to boost his sales around the world. now, though, the south korean companies look...
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we will also not hear about the global impact of global warming, the environment. we will not hear about climate. we will not hear about global inequality. there is a whole range of issues that will simply not make it on to that debate agenda and the military budget is probably right at the top of the list. tavis: we shall see. two more debates to go. we thank you for your time. >> always a pleasure. tavis: that is our show tonight. you can download our app. thank you for watching. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley on pbs.org. tavis: join me next time with ethan hawke on his new movie. >> there is a saying that dr. king had he said there's always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we're only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have a lot of work to do. wal-mart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp out hunger. >> and by contributions to your pbs stations from viewers like you.
we will also not hear about the global impact of global warming, the environment. we will not hear about climate. we will not hear about global inequality. there is a whole range of issues that will simply not make it on to that debate agenda and the military budget is probably right at the top of the list. tavis: we shall see. two more debates to go. we thank you for your time. >> always a pleasure. tavis: that is our show tonight. you can download our app. thank you for watching. as...
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so that the environment within china, within which china rises is going to be a more stable and solid place. flaw, i'll be straighi'll be ad- straight with you. we provide a balance meeting our obligations and commitments to them. i think the chinese look at this and i think understand that this is an historical role of the united states and a role of the united states that is going to continue to play. it's not just military. it's important, computer side, it's also economic. it's diplomatic. and the last thing i'll say is that what the president saw in the trip that he took tend of last year which was a culmination of three years of strategic war. he saw a tremendous demand signal, if you will. demand for u.s. leadership. it's a lot of reasons for that. some of it has to do with chinese strategies and conduct. some of it has to do with historic u.s. roles. but the solution is very -- >> charlie: i'm told the leaders of tho countries look at the united states and say, you know, we see the chinese coming. we see them getting stronger and we worry about standing alone. are you here wit
so that the environment within china, within which china rises is going to be a more stable and solid place. flaw, i'll be straighi'll be ad- straight with you. we provide a balance meeting our obligations and commitments to them. i think the chinese look at this and i think understand that this is an historical role of the united states and a role of the united states that is going to continue to play. it's not just military. it's important, computer side, it's also economic. it's diplomatic....
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we'd like to see that our schools are strengthened, that our environments are strengthened. we'd like to continue to push for piece in the wod. these are the things we believe in and this is why the democratic party is our chosen vessel. >> rose: as you know, people will come along and say "senator mcgovern, we'd like to do all of that, we wish we had an unlimited amount of monetow do all of tho programs but we don't. we have a huge deficit that's been built up because of the wars we've fought but also other reasons and we need to deal with-to-that deficit or our economy will never get back order so that we have a kind of economic machine that could benefit everybody. >> ros you know there was no big bull new jersey the deficit, the federal deficit, until the reagan administration. and the reason it went up $4 trillion there-- and that was the biggest jump we'd had up until that time under any administration was because he kept increasing military spending and then giving tax cuts. >> rose: right. >> you can't cut your revenues and increase spending without... >> rose: you n
we'd like to see that our schools are strengthened, that our environments are strengthened. we'd like to continue to push for piece in the wod. these are the things we believe in and this is why the democratic party is our chosen vessel. >> rose: as you know, people will come along and say "senator mcgovern, we'd like to do all of that, we wish we had an unlimited amount of monetow do all of tho programs but we don't. we have a huge deficit that's been built up because of the wars...
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but in an urban environment or in the north? >> i would say based on the drone strikes against senior al qaeda leaders today he's probably out of range of drones. so... which would force the u.s. to do something along the lines of what they did against bin laden is put american forces into helicopters and push them deeper into pakistani territory. that's a much more... >> rose: and going back and forth and getting access and confirmation. >> that's right. we've seen al qaeda interested in getting out of the tribal areas if at all possible. >> rose: how good have they been-- obviously not good enough in osama bin laden's case-- in terms of being able to shut down on cell phone usage, to be able to do things that will, in a sense, make them more immune to attack? >> rose: well in one of the last chapters i talked briefly about a note from al-zawahiri to bin laden not long before the... bin laden's fay almay attack where same al-zawahiri is saying "we have to have better security procedures, the drone strikes are killing us." so i
but in an urban environment or in the north? >> i would say based on the drone strikes against senior al qaeda leaders today he's probably out of range of drones. so... which would force the u.s. to do something along the lines of what they did against bin laden is put american forces into helicopters and push them deeper into pakistani territory. that's a much more... >> rose: and going back and forth and getting access and confirmation. >> that's right. we've seen al qaeda...
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upon it said the pipeline would have devastated the environment and residents a risk of deadly explosions freed last year, activists and biology professor appeared on democracy now to talk about the project. >> the concern from the community point of view is the ecological damage and the risk the pipeline will pose to over 200,000 people, and is also about the economy, reducing cost of energy we [indiscernible] all of the infrastructure of potential benefits. there is no benefit for the people of puerto rico. economically speaking. >> an east texas, activists protesting the construction of the keystone xl will pipeline are continuing their attempts to block tree clearing efforts for a third week amidst reported crackdowns on journalists. two reporters embedded with the activists were arrested and held overnight before charges against them were dropped. activists say transcanada, the company behind oil pipeline, is paying local police to provide security. two journalists from the new york times were held in handcuffs before being released. activists with the tar sands blockade say or attem
upon it said the pipeline would have devastated the environment and residents a risk of deadly explosions freed last year, activists and biology professor appeared on democracy now to talk about the project. >> the concern from the community point of view is the ecological damage and the risk the pipeline will pose to over 200,000 people, and is also about the economy, reducing cost of energy we [indiscernible] all of the infrastructure of potential benefits. there is no benefit for the...
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what i want to know is [inaudible] >> what is at stake is not some material thing called the planet or environment. what is at stake is tearing down our children's futures. >> today, we look back at 2012. all that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. today, we look back at 2012, and the most expensive election in u.s. history. president obama defeated mitt romney forcing the republicans to reconsider their policies among others returning women and immigrants. while the major party presidential candidate did not take on fossil fuel, climate change in any of their debates, it was a year of extreme weather from melting of the arctic to superstorm sandy to the massive typhoon in the philippines. 2012 will also be remembered for a series of mass shootings from aurora, arata, to the sikh temple, to be shooting in newtown, conn.. the case around trayvon martin sparked national protest after officials refused to arrest george zimmerman. president obama continues his secret drone wars. we spend the hour looking back at the moment and movem
what i want to know is [inaudible] >> what is at stake is not some material thing called the planet or environment. what is at stake is tearing down our children's futures. >> today, we look back at 2012. all that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. today, we look back at 2012, and the most expensive election in u.s. history. president obama defeated mitt romney forcing the republicans to reconsider their policies...
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the straits of hormuz, you know that it is economic sue sid but going this is going toe a provocative environment. >> there is the arab spring and there is the coming of islamic governments in which islamic parties have a majority the government. should we worry abt that? >> well, i think in a question, if you are talking about egypt of course, i think what we are seeing right now is that the muslim brotherhood and the military both of whom have said they are not going to stand a candidate in the upcoming presidential elections, they are going to work together, and they are going to work together to come up with someone that is going to run that country now, clearly, the odds on favorite in there, who everyone in the root is gng to root for is -- although he is not kind to the israelis because he used to be foreign minister folks can deal with him. >> rose: they know him. >> they know him and he is not going to be overtly offensive to the folks on tehrir square but if they go with someone else more attached to mubarek and the military regime you won't see legitimacy and so many of the folks who l
the straits of hormuz, you know that it is economic sue sid but going this is going toe a provocative environment. >> there is the arab spring and there is the coming of islamic governments in which islamic parties have a majority the government. should we worry abt that? >> well, i think in a question, if you are talking about egypt of course, i think what we are seeing right now is that the muslim brotherhood and the military both of whom have said they are not going to stand a...
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. >> rose: shakespeare, if he was writing today looking at the present political environment both domestically and internationally what would he be writing about? >> family. >> rose: destruction of the soul? >> relationship to the cosmos. relationship to family. >> rose: that's the genius of shakespeare. >> yeah. i don't know how he knew everything. but i think it's knowing everything combined with an extraordinary use of language so that you have all of this passionate outpouring of... ugliness or humanity within a very immensely strict form which i think makes the tension something quite... nobody else does it. but he would write the same thing. they might be a little shorter. >> rose: yes, indeed. has there been a particular person in political power in the world who's had... you say that's a shakespearean character? >> well, it comes up all the time. i've heard many years people wanted me to say wasn't george bush ii henry v because he had that kind of childhood and father. it was hard for me to see him as a shakespearean character but i think you can say that stalin must have been a shake
. >> rose: shakespeare, if he was writing today looking at the present political environment both domestically and internationally what would he be writing about? >> family. >> rose: destruction of the soul? >> relationship to the cosmos. relationship to family. >> rose: that's the genius of shakespeare. >> yeah. i don't know how he knew everything. but i think it's knowing everything combined with an extraordinary use of language so that you have all of this...
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how do you maintain humanity in an environment that is hostile and inhumane. it is something every soldier deals with, and with every engagement, more of your few manatee burns away and dies. gardner and -- more of your humanity burns away and dies. part of trying to survive is asking yourself can shawn the human a coexist with not a warrior region w-- with the warrior. tavis: what is your process? >> i do a lot of reflection, and i have two kids and an amazing wife who saved me from a lot of difficulty. i was in a dark place when i got home, but i know those aspects will never be back. they are gone forever, but when i looked in the eyes of my children, i see the same aspect in them, the innocence that still exists, and that is how i unified whole. i reconcile about every day by looking in their eyes. tavis: and we hear a lot about ptsd, and they end up having flashbacks about when they were in iraq or afghanistan. you tell a story about flashbacks while you were there. >> i wrote a book, and i tried to give the reader a sense of what was going through my min
how do you maintain humanity in an environment that is hostile and inhumane. it is something every soldier deals with, and with every engagement, more of your few manatee burns away and dies. gardner and -- more of your humanity burns away and dies. part of trying to survive is asking yourself can shawn the human a coexist with not a warrior region w-- with the warrior. tavis: what is your process? >> i do a lot of reflection, and i have two kids and an amazing wife who saved me from a...
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entire world and to america in particular, which is to see a complete change in the structure and the environment of the middle east. with the arab spring him a great deal of hope that there would be a change towards more moderation and opportunity for greater participation on the part of women in public life and in economic life in the middle east. but instead we have seen in nation after nation a number of disturbing events. in syria, 30,000 civilians having been killed by the military there. we see in libya an attack apparently by -- well, i think we know now by terrorists of some kind against our people there, >> to people dead. our hearts and minds go to them. mali has been taken over by al qaeda-type individuals. in egypt, muslim brotherhood president. we're seeing a pretty dramatic reversal in the kind of hopes we have for that region. for years closer to a new query -- nuclear weapon, we have iran. i congratulate the president of taking a osama bin laden and going after the leadership in al qaeda, but we cannot kill our way out of this mess. we're going to have to put in place a very comp
entire world and to america in particular, which is to see a complete change in the structure and the environment of the middle east. with the arab spring him a great deal of hope that there would be a change towards more moderation and opportunity for greater participation on the part of women in public life and in economic life in the middle east. but instead we have seen in nation after nation a number of disturbing events. in syria, 30,000 civilians having been killed by the military there....